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Osteoporosis pronunciation in English

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Osteoporosis

see synonyms of osteoporosis

Noun

1. osteoporosis

abnormal loss of bony tissue resulting in fragile porous bones attributable to a lack of calcium; most common in postmenopausal women

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Osteoporosis

see synonyms of osteoporosis
noun
porosity and brittleness of the bones due to loss of calcium from the bone matrix

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Osteoporosis

see synonyms of osteoporosis
noun
a bone disorder characterized by a reduction in bone density accompanied by increasing porosity and brittleness, found chiefly in women who have passed menopause

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Osteoporosis

see synonyms of osteoporosis
n. pl. os·te·o·po·ro·ses (-sēz)
A disease characterized by a decrease in bone mass and density, occurring especially in postmenopausal women, resulting in a predisposition to fractures.

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